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“When the former Conservative government agreed to hand over private banking information of Canadians to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the Liberals led the growing chorus of indignation…
Let us count the ways:
“We must deny the Conservatives permission to allow the transmission of personal information without the authorization of a judge,’’ wrote Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg (Bourassa), now the parliamentary secretary to Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier.
His office said Thursday he had no comment and instead shared a statement from Trudeau’s office.
Vancouver MP Hedy Fry cited experts who said the agreement violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Marc Garneau, now the minister of transport, said the deal “infringes upon our sovereignty’’ and was “an attack on our privacy.’’
Scott Brison, now president of the Treasury Board, tried to amend the agreement to exempt Canadian citizens.
Last week Brison and Garneau told Elizabeth Thompson of iPolitics that they both now support an agreement that is difficult to opt out of retroactively [Difficult to get out of??] .
Then, six weeks before the 2015 campaign began, Trudeau wrote: “Targeting hard-working Canadians who pay taxes is unfair. The government of Canada has a responsibility to stand up for its citizens when foreign governments are encroaching on their rights.’’…
etc. etc — you know how the story ends
See today’s Toronto Star article.
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At least it calls them Canadians and not U.S. Persons living in Canada.
@ICB
Oops, not “FACTA”!
Isabelle,
If this is your own, can you FIX this image with the correct term, FATCA (a too common mistake is *facta*)?
Love it!
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Move forward with the litigation, Charter Challenge will put the government in a corner!
Sadly, I know all too well that it is FATCA, just an unfortunate slip of the fingers!
Thanks for providing, I.C. Brock!
Thanks for the correction, ICB – tweeted and Facebooked both.
from bubblebustin…
I can’t take credit for it’s creation, though. I saw it on the American Expatriates Facebook page 🙂
Well tweeting this article saying my MP @KateYoungMP won’t meet with me and sending her this an Elizabeth Thomson’s articles seem to have pulled Kate out of hiding. She called and left a message for me while I w as on another call. She said she will call again tomorrow.
I also have made contact with a local CTV Reporter. I will be speaking with him tommorow or Friday but it will be a while before anything airs. I need to organize some things for him first.
Blaze, great work as usual. Thanks.
Now I know why you call yourself blaze – you’re on fire.
Ms. Swanson — thanks for never giving up.
@Bubblebustin That’s not why my name is Blaze (long story).
However, I just changed my gravatar. I hope the new image shows with this comment.
However you got it, it suits you! Looks like someone’s going to burn in L, blaze.
I urge all Brockers to send Brock posts to their MPs on a regular basis. That’s what we do.
Especially this post on the Liberal flip flop.
Just trying to educate our Liberal MP who seemed oblivious to FATCA when we met with him
and was quite sympathetic to our cause. That was two months ago and have not heard from
him since.
We aren’t the only ones that the Liberals are betraying.
Another instance of Trudeau flip flop, this time on an environmental and First Nations issue – the Hydro Dam at Site C:
“…….Although technically a legal issue, this is overwhelmingly a political test for Justin Trudeau. He campaigned on a promise that was music to the ears of the broad coalition of interests that favoured both a new deal for Canada’s First Nations and protection of the environment.”……..
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/02/21/will-trudeau-make-disappointing-his-friends-and-allies-a-virtue/
‘Will Trudeau make a virtue of disappointing friends and allies?’
and, it appears that the Liberals will continue the CON practice of ignoring or not assessing harm before acting in ways that significantly harm those in Canada that they, Trudeau and the Liberals swore to serve and protect:
http://www.amnesty.ca/our-work/issues/indigenous-peoples/indigenous-peoples-in-canada/resource-development-in-canada/site
“….The federal and provincial governments have not even assessed whether the harm that caused by the dam is compatible with Canada’s Treaty obligations. And there has been no serious consideration of the possibility that the harm done to Indigenous peoples being so great that the best course of action would be to find another source of energy….”……
and it looks like the Trudeau government is continuing the CON practice of making everything as opaque as possible or ramming things through without public consultation;
As Elizabeth May recently said;
“……..“In my first meeting with Transport Minister Marc Garneau last year, I asked for all permits issued for Site C be made public, after which we learned that many of those permits were issued in the middle of the election. I call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to allow further approvals for Site C until he follows through on his promise to build meaningful Nation-to-Nation relationships. He can start now with his response to Site C’s treaty violations.””…….
http://elizabethmaymp.ca/01/elizabeth-may-visits-site-c-dam-protest-camp-offers-support-to-hunger-striker-kristin-henry-in-vancouver-b-c/
More evidence that this was just hot air:
“……..Justin Trudeau has promised to end a decade of divisive politics, vowing to unite Canadians and embrace diversity.
“I will be the prime minister of all Canadians,” he told a crowded rally in Montreal after winning a historic Liberal majority government.”…….
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-trudeau-liberal-major-1.3278681
Now CBC has a story that:
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told supporters that the party needs to “be more open and accessible” while speaking at the Nova Scotia Liberal Party’s annual general meeting in Halifax on Saturday.”……
“”……………We need to be courageous and we need to show once again that the Liberal party is not afraid of challenging the status quo, even if it means challenging our own traditions,” he told a crowd of about 500.
“Canadians are counting on us to keep building, modernizing and opening up our movement. And we cannot let them down……………”….
…..”With Liberal governments currently in place in all four Atlantic provinces, Trudeau called the sweep “an unprecedented opportunity to advance our shared values and bring positive change to the lives of all Atlantic Canadians…………”
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ns-liberal-agm-1.3517532
Except those Atlantic Canadians with border baby US status woes, or any other Canadians made second class via the FATCA IGA the Trudeau government once opposed and now defends.